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Dining-room chair % Sawing leg notches Cut all left-side chair ends. Unclamp jig and pivot miter to 92° in Reposition jig and cut right-side ends. Use two blades to cut !IS-in. by 25/,6-in. notch in each leg. Bandsaw along back edge at 82°. by loin. tenon Front view Half seat pattern Front leg .-.-.-------.---.. -..... -.-.-- edge-you can blend the curve when you sand the pieces. Next rout the legs and back with a 1/2-in. piloted quaner-round bit, and finish-sand the flat surfaces of the legs. Shaping is matter of personal preference-I shape all the edges of the front legs, but stop the quaner-rounds on the back legs about 4 in. from the bottom of the seat. Cent To assemble the frames, glue and screw the front leg to the back's tenon with a countersunk "'Sxl-in. wood erbo 36 re the legs 'h back legs in the same way with "'Sxl 1f2-in. screws. Once the two shave and sand the back to match the contour of the leg tops, blend in all quarter-rounds, and finish-sand the back. Clamp the two spacers to the legs to align the seat. If fram Fine Woodworking in the top hole, and a "'Sxl lA-in. screw in the bottom hole. Angle the screws up and toward the center of the back to pull the shoulders tight. Then glue and scre╢ on the es are joined to the back, spokescrew in. deep with a 1/2-in. Forstner bit. nec seat in the are thre╢ٽ㭨၀ be will protection, then a coat of polymerized tung oil to give the c els, then sand. I apply two coatS of gel pol a richer tone. glue-and-screw joint is very strong, you might prefer to notch the legs to fit over the herry Finally, plug the scre╢ holes with wooden plugs or dow-].S. "easier to remove. Although I've found that this for additional strength. thane for seat yure tight, then add "'Sx 134-in. shankless the joint tight against s I use shanked "'1 0x2-in. essary fram a �-in. twist bit (no shank hole) . When you're satisfied with the way the seat fits, remove it from the along their entire length) on the top to hold e. Drill for the top scre╢ٽ with , rejoint the seat edges for a hrin╢ٽ㭨 e and drill the legs for the scre╢ٽ here to pull the joint dryw╢ botto good ll scre╢ٽ (which the joints and reassemble. If you preflnish the chair except in area╢ where the legs meet the seat, excess glue fram part╢ m scre╢ٽ. e, glue , fit, realign the